Daughter of Medusa

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The daughters of Medusa within the crowd whispered between themselves, and only some cheered for their comrade

Avery: What is the meaning of this?! I finished faster

Dragon king: Ah, but you hesitated. It is not only about faster petrification, but faster and better instincts and reaction as well. Don't be such a sore loser, Jaera clearly is the superior Gorgon here

Avery grit her teeth yet again but held her tongue

Archer fisted his hand, frustrated, Crystal held it and shook her head at him

Dragon king: Round two!

Lord Thorn: You heard his Majesty!Begin!

The trolls were unleashed

Avery took a deep breath and turned towards the troll. While trolls were large and strong, they weren't the smartest or the fastest, this one charged her straight ahead, she stood, unmoving and turned her daughter of Medusa's gaze on him

It started to petrify immediately and while it stopped moving long before it reached her, its awkward position caused it to topple, almost crushing her, but she leapt aside almost at inhuman speed, saving herself

She looked to the side only to see that Jaera's troll was just ending becoming petrified but she was not in his way

Lord Thorn: Round Two, draw

Archer raked a hand through his hair, they seemed adamant at her losing

Avery glared at Lord Thorn but didn't speak

Lord Thorn: While the new comer was faster, again her execution was.. Clumsy. She almost got crushed by her defeated opponent while our Jaera's performance was elegant. He looked at the dragon king who nodded his large head

Lord Thorn: Now, round three!

Avery muttered I'm getting tired of this attitude, bunch of bullies..

Now griffins were different than trolls, they had the advantage of flight, are natural hunters, and much faster and more agile. This was not going to be easy

Her Griffin didn't give her any chance to look and see how Jaera was doing, it kept attacking her like prey, she kept dodging

She cursed, if only she was allowed to use her gargoyle form, it would end much faster and easier. Like this, she would have to engage it, and while she was strong and a good fighter. It would tear her to shreds

Think Avery, think..

Even dodging was hard enough

But at least, she thought grimly, the bastards must be entertained

She had a plan forming in her head, but was sure it was crazy, and even if it worked they'd give her the same bullshit of clumsy performance, well, to hell with them. She was not going to die without a fight

She had to look for a sturdy looking branch, which still had a weak point where she could break it, which was dangerous in itself, having to avoid the griffin every few seconds

Finally she succeeded, now she had to break it

At first she tried dangling and swinging hard from it, which barely cracked it, then she tried kicking it, all while still dodging the insistent Griffin

After repeated kicks the branch broke

She looked for some brambles, which made her hand bleed since she couldn't be careful while gathering them. She didn't have the luxury

While she gathered them the Griffin launched himself at her

She dodged at the last minute causing a few scratches in her shoulder from its claws and their entanglement in the branches

She got behind it while it was trying to free itself and bludgeouned its head hard with the branch

It turned shrieking only to be fixed with its beaks forever in a silent shreik

Her power has never worked this fast, that's how angry she was

She turned, panting and bleeding, still holding her make shift club, with her eyes still that of a daughter of Medusa, towards the crowd who all shied away from her petrifying gaze